Autographic register.



N0. 729,943. 'IATENTED JUNE 2, 1903.. KONERMAN. AUTOGRAPHIG' REGISTER.

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UNITE STATES Patented June 2, 19 03.

HARRY KONERMAN, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLOBE REGISTER COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

AUTOGRAPHIC RlEGlSTE'R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,943, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed June 9, 1902. Serial No. 110,775. (No model.)

7 ToaZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, HARRY KONERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an autographic register, and has for its principal object the production of a simple and efficient summarizeiy; The slip ordinarily employed in registers has a figure-column at theright forthe items of-a purchase and the bottom line devoted tothe total. With my invention the third roll or record-slip only contains these totals. This saves paper, gives the recording-compartment a much greater capacity, andis much easier to figure up when the sales-records are computed than where the whole section of strip containing the several items is recorded.

The features of my invention are more fully settforth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a register with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a cen-v tral vertical section of such a register. Fig. 3 is a detailed view, partly in section, of the summarizing device. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of Fig. Fig.5 .is a detailed view,

partly in section, of the actuating-gears for.

the delivery mechanism.

A represents the register-frame having the three rows of paper 1 2 3 journaled therein, as usual. The strips 1 2 3 pass over rolls a b 0 onto the writing-table Runder the covering-plate O, with its Writing-orifice D.. The strips 1 2 pass thence.between the clamping members of the reciprocating carriage E. The usual carbons are placed between the strips 1 2 3 on the writing-table in a suitable manner. The stripsl 2 are clamped by the carriage E and moved forward on delivery table F the length of the slots f g h, the handle '11 of the carriage being then tilted back, the carriage brought back to initial position (shown in Fig. 2) and strips 1 2 torn off, the carriage riding on ways or guides on the delivery-table.

So far the mechanism is substantially the same as that shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 566,620,issued k is depended .These slots and screws form ways on which the rack-bar G is reciprocatcd. The inner end of bar G is upturned, forming a stop against which the lug 7r engages in the return travel of carriage E, bringing the rackbar back'to first position. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

H represents a catch pivoted to the rackbar G, having spring 1) to hold the inner end normally upturned, as shown inFig. 3, in the path of travel of lug 7i Slots Z m are in the same horizontal plane; but the inner slot m has an upward inclination at its inner exis moved forward, lug-7t engages upturned end of the catch H, moving baJrGforward until the upward incline of slotmt travels overscrew n, which allows this end of the-bar G to drop, the upturned endof catch H being thus removed from the path of travel of the lug 7a. On the rearward stroke ofthe carriage the lug 7 passes over the catch Hand strikes a stop-1n g g on the rear end of the bar G, returningthe latch to its initial position. Thus it will be seen that the rack-bar G only travels with the carriage E the distance represented by the length of the slot m. The writing-table Bvhas a'slot 1" (see Fig. 2) just beyondthe end of the total-space formed by the partition-strip j, through which ,slot the third or record strip 3 is passed. From thence it is passed across'thetop'ot' the interior of the register over roller 8, jQurnaled in the top of the register over the stoi'ingcompartment I. From thence it passes downward between delivery-rolls J K into the storing-compartment. Delivery-roll J is journaled in the frame and is actuated by mechanism to be next described.

The delivery-roll K is journaled in the ends tre'uiity. (See Fig. 3.) Whenthe carriage of arms L, pivoted at to the frame of the machine and held by spring a in frictional engagement with delivery-roll J. r represents the rack-teeth on bar G.

L M represent, respectively, loose and fixed ratchet and gear wheels on the end of roll J, the rack-teeth 'v of bar G engaging the teeth of loose gear-wheel L. Between gear and ratchet wheels L M is a radius-bar N, pinned to said gear L by pins w w, (see Fi 5,) and from the end of said radius-bar depends a pawl 0, held by spring P in engagement with the teeth of ratchet-wheel M in such manner that said wheel M is locked to turn with the radius-bar in one direction of rotation and that the pawl slides idly over the teeth of said wheel M in the other direction of rotation. It is apparent, therefore, that as rack-bar G is moved forward it turns wheels L M in that direction and delivers the record-strip into the storing-compartment, the pawl releasing the wheel M on the return stroke of bar Gr. Thus the record-strip is fed to the storingcompartment in step movements in lengths which may be equal to the length simply required for writing in totals.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In an autographic register, adelivery-table, a sliding carriage thereon, a lug depended from said carriage through a slot in the Lable, a pair of delivery-rolls under the table, a reciprocating bar mounted in guides under the table, rack and gear devices between the said bar and rolls, said rolls being fast in the direction of delivery and loose in the reverse direction and lugs on the said bar adapted to be engaged by the lug on the carriage in the forward and rearward travel thereof, substantially as described.

2. In an autographic register, a reciprocating bar, a reciprocating carriage adapted to actuate said bar, a pair of delivery-rolls, a loose gear and a fixed ratchet-wheel on the end of one of said rolls, rack-teeth on the said bar engaging the said gear, a pawl pivoted to said gear-wheel having its free end engaging with said ratchet and intermeshing gear-wheels fixed to the other ends of said rolls whereby the said rolls are positively driven in one direction of the movement of the carriage and stationary during the return movement of the carriage, substantially as de scribed.

In an autographic register, a delivery-table, a sliding carriage thereon, a pair of delivery-rolls under the table, a reciprocating bar mounted in guides under the table, rack and gear devices between the said bar and rolls, said rolls being fixed to said gear mechanism in the direction of delivery and loose in the reverse direction, and interlocking devices between the said barand carriage adapted to be engaged during the forward and rearward travel of the carriage, substantially as described.

4. In an autographic register, a delivery-table, a sliding carriage thereon, a pair of delivery-rolls under the table, a reciprocating bar mounted in guides under the table, rack and gear devices between the said bar and rolls, said rolls being fixed to said gear mecl1- anism in the direction of delivery and loose in the reverse direction, and interlocking devices between the said bar and carriage adapted tobe engaged during the forward and rearward travel of the carriage, and means for disengaging said interlocking devices at a point intermediate of the forward travel of the carriage, substantially as described.

5. In an autographic register, a reciprocating bar, a reciprocating carriage adapted to actuate the same, a pair of delivery-rolls, a pair of arms pivoted to the frame in the free ends of which one of said rolls is jonrnaled, the opposing roll having a fixed journal, a spring pressing the pivoted roll into yielding contact with. the fixed roll forming a frictional drive, rack,.ratchet, gear and pawl devices between the ends of one of said rolls and the said reciprocating bar adapted to drive said rolls positively in one direction of travel of the carriage only, substantially as described.

6. In an autographic register, a reciprocating mechanism for discharging the detachable strip, a pair of delivery-rolls, a ratchet-wheel fixed to one of said rolls, a gear-wheel loose on said roll, a radius-bar fixed to said loose gear-wheel, a pawl pivoted from said bar, means for holding said pawl in locking engagement with the teeth of the pawl-wheel in one direction of rotation, a rack-bar engaging the teeth of said gear-wheel, a lug depending from the reciprocating mechanism, lugs on said bar against which said lug of the reciprocating mechanism engages in opposite directions of movement, ways on which said bar travels, and means for depressing one of said lugs from the path of travel of said lug intermediate of the travel of the reciprocating mechanism, substantially as described.

'7. In an autographic register, a reciprocating mechanism for discharging the detachable strip, a pair of delivery-rolls, between which passes the record-strip, a table over which travels said strip having an intermediate slot for the escape of the record-strip, a ratchetwheel fixed to one of said rolls, a gear-wheel loose on said roll, means fixed to said gearwheel adapted to engage the ratchet-wheel in locking relation in one direction of rotation, a rack-bar engaging said gear-wheel, a dog depending from said reciprocating mechanism, lugs projected from said rack-ba in the path of travel of said dog, and means for removing one of said lugs from the path of travel of said dog intermediate of the travel thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HARRY KONERIVIAN.

Witnesses:

OLIVER B. KAISER, IDA J. LUCAS.

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